election by hook or by crook :AKD

By Ajith Siriwardana   

National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday they would win the battle to obtain the Local government election by hook or by crook for the betterment of the people.  

He told a protest rally at Lipton Circus in Colombo yesterday that their battle to force the government to hold the LG polls could not be turned back by firing tear gas or water cannons.  

“We will win this battle for sake of the people who are dying without medicine, youth who are without jobs, farmers, fishing community and the working people who are suffering. We will win this battle to create a country free of corruption, drugs and looting public money and to create a lawful country. This is the responsibility of the generation. We will win this struggle by hook or by crook ,” he said.  

He requested all the professionals, security forces, farmers, fisherfolk and Working people to rally round the NPP to ensure that their democratic right is obtained. He said the government was plotting to postpone the LG polls as they are perturbed and frightened by the massive people’s force joining with the NPP to eliminate the family rule in the country.
A massive protest march organized by the NPP reached at the Town Hall in Colombo yesterday afternoon, where the police prevented them marching any further and fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse them. 

The protest tuned into chaos as police used tear gas and water cannons to displace the participants. More than 20 persons were injured during the protest.